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Job Description
Assist surgeons during surgery by performing duties such as tissue retraction, insertion of tubes and intravenous lines, or closure of surgical wounds. Perform preoperative and postoperative duties to facilitate patient care.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-2099.07
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Surgical Assistants”.
Also Known As…
- Surgical Assistants
- Surgical Technician (Surgical Tech)
- Surgical Scrub Technician (Surgical Scrub Tech)
- Surgical First Assistant
- Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA)
- Gastrointestinal Technician (GI Technician)
- Certified Surgical Technician
- Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)
- Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)
- Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant (CRNFA)
- Certified First Assistant (CFA)
- Surgical Assistant-Certified (SA-C)
- Surgical Assistant
- Surgery Technician
- Operating Room Technician
- Operating Room Assistant
- First Assistant
- Assistant-at-Surgery
Tasks for “Surgical Services Assistant”
- Prepare and apply sterile wound dressings.
- Incise tissue layers in lower extremities to harvest veins.
- Assist in the insertion, positioning, or suturing of closed-wound drainage systems.
- Discuss with surgeon the nature of the surgical procedure, including operative consent, methods of operative exposure, diagnostic or laboratory data, or patient-advanced directives or other needs.
- Monitor and maintain aseptic technique throughout procedures.
- Assist with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrest or other life-threatening events.
- Pass instruments or supplies to surgeon during procedure.
- Assist in volume replacement or autotransfusion techniques.
- Transport patients to operating room.
- Adjust and maintain operating room temperature, humidity, or lighting, according to surgeon's specifications.
- Cover patients with surgical drapes to create and maintain a sterile operative field.
- Verify the identity of patient or operative site.
- Maintain an unobstructed operative field, using surgical retractors, sponges, or suctioning and irrigating equipment.
- Assist in applying casts, splints, braces, or similar devices.
- Insert or remove urinary bladder catheters.
- Assess skin integrity or other body conditions upon completion of the procedure to determine if damage has occurred from body positioning.
- Monitor patient intra-operative status, including patient position, vital signs, or volume and color of blood.
- Apply sutures, staples, clips, or other materials to close skin, facia, or subcutaneous wound layers.
- Remove patient hair or disinfect incision sites to prepare patient for surgery.
- Coordinate or participate in the positioning of patients, using body stabilizing equipment or protective padding to provide appropriate exposure for the procedure or to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment.
- Operate sterilizing devices.
- Determine availability of necessary equipment or supplies for operative procedures.
- Postoperatively inject a subcutaneous local anesthetic agent to reduce pain.
- Clamp, ligate, or cauterize blood vessels to control bleeding during surgical entry, using hemostatic clamps, suture ligatures, or electrocautery equipment.
- Obtain or inspect sterile or non-sterile surgical equipment, instruments, or supplies.
- Gather, arrange, or assemble instruments or supplies.
- Coordinate with anesthesia personnel to maintain patient temperature.
- Assist members of surgical team with gowning or gloving.
Related Technology & Tools
- Argon beam coagulators
- Eye magnets
- Blanket warmer cabinets
- Surgical gloves
- Patient positioning devices
- Urinary catheters
- Subcutaneous injection syringes
- Medical staple kits
- Cast cutting saws
- Wound drains
- Surgical razors
- Telethermometers
- Mayo stands
- Endoscopic camera/video systems
- Suture kits
- Patient transport stretchers
- Surgical retractors
- Flash sterilizers
- Sterile gowns
- Surgical clamps
- Hospital intercom equipment
- Multi-line telephone systems
- Body stabilizers
- Cauterizing equipment
- Fluid warmers
- Pagers
- Powered surgical drills
- Head stabilizers
- C-arm tables
- Cell savers
- Suction machines
- Cardiac monitoring equipment
- Laptop computers
- Laparoscopes
- Surgical trocars
- Ethylene Oxide sterilizers
- Anesthesia carts
- Pneumatic tourniquets
- Pressure steam autoclaves
- Vascular clamps
- Medical image processing printers
- Specimen collection containers
- Surgical dermatomes
- Heart pacemakers
- Angiocaths
- Sterile drapes
- Desktop computers
- Eye lasers
- Fiberoptic endoscopes
- Surgical masks
- Surgical protective goggles
- Hemostat clamps
- Intravenous IV sets
- Nerve stimulators
- Surgical fracture tables
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Blood warming equipment
- Surgical scalpels
- Surgical robots
- Personal computers
- Hypothermia units
- Carbon dioxide CO2 lasers
- Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Nd:YAG lasers
- Surgery workflow communication software
- MEDITECH software
- Microsoft Excel
- Nursing documentation software
- Supply documentation software
- Patient scheduling software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Patient tracking software